[Yulcat-l] [Yulibl] FW: [nonenglishaccess] Romanization in bibliographic records: draft report

[Arakawa, Steven]

Keiko,

I don't work directly with non-roman script materials, but it's a little misleading to think that roman script catalogers can ignore the presence of non-roman script cataloging (and vice versa). I agree with the recommendation that the cataloging community stick with plan A. (parallel fields) for now. Roman script catalogers are generally tasked with cataloging translations and roman script history/criticism of non-roman works. How do we propose to handle uniform titles and subject headings if the work cataloged is in roman script? Without a heading and title in roman script, how do we determine shelf arrangement when cuttering around call numbers assigned to records that are entirely in non-roman script? Isn't this a FRBR related issue? By which I mean, a certain category of bibliographic records cannot be viewed in isolation from the other bib. records in a catalog. There has to be some way that all record relationships can be made transparent to users with different language backgrounds--I don't see how this is possible without some linguistic crosswalks. Another thing to consider is the impact on public libraries. I think the reality is that they will need to collect publications for their various and changing linguistic communities, and few  of them are going to have the wherewithal to train and employ specialist catalogers and acquisitions staff--they will rely on copy cataloging. But consider that if they are using vendor supplied transliteration, how will they be able to come close to matching an item to a record in the absence of a control number? What about videos in non-roman script languages? Would we want all the access points and description to be roman script only? 

Steven Arakawa 
Catalog Librarian for Training & Documentation
Catalog & Metadata Services, SML, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240  
(203)432-8286 steven.arakawa at yale.edu

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From: yulibl-bounces at mailman.yale.edu [mailto:yulibl-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Suzuki, Keiko
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 8:37 AM
To: yulibl at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Yulibl] FW: [nonenglishaccess] Romanization in bibliographic records: draft report

Dear Yale colleagues,
Anybody who works with non-Latin script materials, please consider to give some feedback. Thank you. 
- Keiko

Keiko SUZUKI  
Japanese Catalog Librarian, East Asia Library
Sterling Memorial Library
P.O.Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
Tel.: 203-432-2778 / Fax: 203-432-7231
keiko.suzuki at yale.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Rendall [mailto:rr2205 at columbia.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 5:24 PM
To: nonenglishaccess at ala.org
Subject: [nonenglishaccess] Romanization in bibliographic records: draft report

Colleagues,

Please forgive duplication and forward this announcement as appropriate.

The ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization invites 
comment on its draft report, posted at:

http://connect.ala.org/node/88651

The Working Group was established by the ALCTS Non-English Access 
Steering Committee to examine the current use of romanized data in 
bibliographic and authority records and to recommend whether 
romanization is still needed in bibliographic records.  This draft 
report was developed by the Working Group in collaboration with the 
members of its open discussion forum on ALA Connect.

The Working Group will submit its final report to the Steering Committee 
on Dec. 15, 2009.  Comments are requested by Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 and 
may be sent to rr2205 at columbia.edu.

Thank you,

Robert Rendall
Chair, ALCTS Non-English Access Working Group on Romanization

-- 
Robert Rendall
Principal Serials Cataloger
Original and Special Materials Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries
102 Butler Library, 535 West 114th Street, New York, NY 10027
tel.: 212 851 2449  fax: 212 854 5167

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